Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

An underwater city for the dead.